As far as world war goes, there are really only two possibilities: either war provokes revolution, or revolution averts war. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
With some diseases, like type 2 diabetes, if people get alerted early, they can take steps to avert getting sick. — Elizabeth Holmes Copy Share Image
Trying to avert foreclosures, once you can't just force the banks to do it as a condition of getting aid, means that… — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
It profits me but little, after all, that a vigilant authority always protects the tranquility of my pleasures and constantly averts all… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The city of Copenhagen is a climate crime scene tonight, with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport in shame.… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
We couldn't keep ten million refugees on our soil; we couldn't tolerate such an unstable situation for who knows how long. That… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
If you think that you can sin, and then by cries avert the consequences of sin, you insult God's character. — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
John F. Kennedy:] Above all, while defending our own vital interests, nuclear powers must avert those confrontations which bring down an adversary… — Elie Abel Copy Share Image
The struggle to avert catastrophic climate change is bigger than all the other struggles, whether it is slavery, democracy struggles, the woman's… — Kumi Naidoo Copy Share Image
To avert disaster, we have not only to teach men to make things but to teach them to have complete moral control… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
May I examine my mind in all actions and as soon as a negative state occurs, since it endangers myself and others,… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
You can't spend the rest of your life tiptoeing around to try and avert disaster. It won't work. You'll just end up… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
In the face of an absolutely unprecedented emergency, society has no choice but to take dramatic action to avert a collapse of… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image